St. John Chrysostom icon (5) Sizes in inches:6 x 8

St. John Chrysostom icon (5) Sizes in inches:6 x 8Orthodox icon of Saint John the Chrysostom (5). Commemorated November 13. Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Hierarchs [January 30], was born at Antioch in about the year 347 into the family of a military commander. His father, Secundus, died soon after the birth of his son. His mother, Anthusa, widowed at twenty years of age, did not seek to remarry but rather devoted all her efforts to the raising of her son in

in the year 315)

The Synaxis of the Glorious and All-Praiseworthy Twelve Apostles of Christ appears to be an ancient Feast

he should abandon his throne and his wealth and agree to live with him as a monk far from the world and its glamour

No more was known about Phanourios than the day on which his icon was discovered

It was in this frame of mind that he prepared to be a priest and to enter public ministry

Following the advice of the Senate at Nicomedia

by His Word and His Spirit

leaving behind her home

was a most comely and chaste virgin

” He said to him

His preaching was accompanied by such numerous and great miracles

and the stones were used to build a mosque